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(No Model.) Y V J. SHINN 85 O. M. PAGLEY.

. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

N0. 359.896. Patented Mar. 2.2, 1887.

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JOHN SHINN AND OLIVER H. FAGLEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVA- NIA, ASSIGN'ORS OF ONE-HALF TO ABBOTT F. FULLER AND "WILLTAM N.

MARCUS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,896, dated March 22, 1887. Application led November i9, 1886. Serial No. 219,426. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that we, JOHN SHINN and OLI- vnn M. FGLEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have jointly invented a new and useful Improve nient in GurtaiaFiXtures, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in 1o ixtures for connecting or hanging curtains to rings that slide on poles; and the object of our invention is to so connect the curtain to sliding rings that when the rings are forced together the curtain will fold in plaits; and our z5 invention consists in running in the upper hem of a curtain a jointed bar made of Wood and paper. or of metal, each section ofthe jointed bar being connected in the center of its length to a sliding ring on the curtain-pole, all as Will 2e be hereinafter described, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this spccilication, in Which- Figure 1 is a front View of a curtain-pole, brackets, sliding rings,and ourirnprovement.

Fig. 2 is a top view of parts shown in Fig. l with the jointed bar partially closed. Fig. 3 shows a side and e'dge view of the jointed bar. Fig. et shows a side and edge view ot'thejointed bar partially closed. Fig. 5 shows side and 3o edge views of ai section ofthe jointed bar, one of said sections being :formed of Wire. Fig. 6 showsa jointed bar made of Wire.

Similar letters refer to similar parts tb roughout the several views.

A represents an ordinary curtain-pole, B B, the brackets; .D D, the sliding rings; E, the jointed bar, which We'prefer to make of wood in sections. On each side of these sections we glue a strip of Manila paper, cloth,

4o or leather, put on as isshown in the edge view of Fig. 3-that is,the paper forms the j oints and at alternate sides it is bowed, as shown at S S. At the center of the length of each section is cnt a hole, c a, by means of which and a cord, hook, or split ring the bar E is eonnected to the rings D D, as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 shows a joint-ed bar inade of eight Wire links. One of the links is shown in Fig. 5. This bar is connected to the rings D D from the eyes a. a.

To connect our improved jointed bar to a curtain, We make a hein on the upper end of the curtain, and of a Width that the bar will slide into the hein. Holes are then cnt in the curtain to correspond with the holes a a in the bar. lf a bar as shown in Fig. 6 is used, we line the inside of the' hein with heavy cot-ton driliihg,to prevent the Wire joints from pushing through the curtain fabric. TWhen the curtain is drawin by sliding the rings D D together, as shown in Fig. 2, the jointed bar E will fold and plait the curtain in a manner similar to a folding fan.

The drawings show the representation of but one bar; but it is obvious that two bars may be connected to one pole. "We show the bar made in eight sections; but more or less may be used.

llne bar E is shown as connected to the rings D D by intermediate connections, b,- bnt they may be connected by a bool: forming a partei' the sliding ring.

Wie elaini- In a curtain-fixture, the combination of a jointed bar, E, to which the curtain is attaehed, sliding rings D D, connected to said jointed bar, and cnrtain-pole A, substantially as shownV and described.

JOHN SHINN. OLVER M. FAGLEY.

YVitnesses:

JOHN B. Marien, S. M. FAGLEY. 

